Community-Guided Adaptation of Violence Prevention Strategies: Insights from the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (MS-VIP) Program

Authors

Erin Dehon, University of Mississippi Medical CenterFollow
Masoumeh Karimi, University of Mississippi Medical CenterFollow
Leila Seidfaraji, University of Mississippi Medical CenterFollow
Michelle Brassfield, University of Mississippi Medical CenterFollow
Melinda Todd, Jackson State UniversityFollow
Rukia Lumumba, People's Advocacy InstituteFollow
Matthew Kutcher, University of Mississippi Medical CenterFollow
Matthew Morris, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFollow
Fredrick Womack, Operation Good FoundationFollow
Roy Hart, Mississippi Public Health InstituteFollow
Lei Zhang, University of Mississippi Medical CenterFollow

Keywords

community engagement, firearm violence, hospital-based violence intervention, participatory design, qualitative research

Word Count

1999

Document Type

Research Briefs

Recommended Citation

Dehon, E., Karimi, M., Seidfaraji, L., Brassfield, M., Todd, M., Lumumba, R., Kutcher, M., Morris, M., Womack, F., Hart, R., & Zhang, L. (2026). Community-Guided Adaptation of Violence Prevention Strategies: Insights from the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (MS-VIP) Program. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 6(1), 6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2996-6833.1126